comic book cards?

[sonOFwar]

i bought this binder of plasm cards that make a full comic book and i know nothing about them so im looking for someone with better knowledge of them

[thwhtGuardian]

What you have is a fun little piece of 90's comic book history.

The Warriors of Plasm was the flagship book of Jim Shooter's Defiant Comic company which he started after getting the boot from first Marvel and then Valiant. The card set made up what was the #0 issue of the Warriors of Plasm, which was the title that eventually sank the company due to a legal battle with Marvel over a similar sounding property they owned.

[sonOFwar]

How would people get the cards and the binder to complete the set

[thwhtGuardian]

You had to buy packs of cards, lots and lots of packs. Or the tin box collector set.

[sonOFwar]

Are these rare at all Or are they like a dime a dozen?

[Paradox]

There is probably a low supply, but I'm sure it's accompanied by low demand.

[sonOFwar]

Thanks for the info, now I know exactly what I got

[sonOFwar]

Actually one more question, when I bought these they were in a binder with a Plasm stamp on it and a splatterball mini comic in the back of it, is that official or is it like a fan made thing

[thwhtGuardian]

Actually one more question, when I bought these they were in a binder with a Plasm stamp on it and a splatterball mini comic in the back of it, is that official or is it like a fan made thing

I believe that's how the binder came, you had to buy it separately from the cards. As to the value? Probably not much because as Paradox said above the demand isn't high. It's a neat bit of history though.

[DonC]

What you have is a fun little piece of 90's comic book history.

The Warriors of Plasm was the flagship book of Jim Shooter's Defiant Comic company which he started after getting the boot from first Marvel and then Valiant. The card set made up what was the #0 issue of the Warriors of Plasm, which was the title that eventually sank the company due to a legal battle with Marvel over a similar sounding property they owned.

It was of a vendetta thing with Marvel. They had some low rent character named Plasmer and sued Defiant claiming copyright infringement.

[thwhtGuardian]

It was of a vendetta thing with Marvel. They had some low rent character named Plasmer and sued Defiant claiming copyright infringement.

Indeed, it was a pretty ugly and cut throat affair though it makes for some interesting reading now a days. Not the comic, that had some pretty terrible dialog if I remember correctly, but the history around it is damn good reading.

[Shawn Hopkins]

And the reason it was done in cards is that the company that financially backed Defiant, The River Group, was a collectibles company. So they did boatloads of "collectibles" stuff that kinda dragged the company down as a serious comic book publisher. Your Plasm 0 set isn't even the nuttiest one, there was one that came with a cassette tape and foil cards.

http://www.nslists.com/plasm0.htm

As for value, I checked eBay. Looks like you can get a sealed set of the cards for $8. Or a case of 8 for $33.